Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lockstitches” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

19 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
lockstitches	23	6	144	(None)
lockstitched	24	6	122	1	lockstitched
backstitches	25	6	211	2	backstitches
lockstitch	21	5	161	2	lockstitch__
backstitched	26	9	187	3	backstitched
locksmiths	21	5	201	3	locksmit_h_s
lockstitching	25	6	109	3	lockstitching
topstitches	18	5	206	3	to_pstitches
backstitch	23	5	266	4	backstitch__
backstretches	26	6	101	4	backstretches
hemstitches	21	5	229	4	_hemstitches
lickspittles	20	6	68	4	lickspittles
locksmith	20	5	300	4	locksmit_h__
postiches	16	4	822	4	po__sti_ches
restitches	15	4	506	4	__restitches
stitches	13	14	1059	4	____stitches
topstitched	19	5	172	4	to_pstitched
unstitches	15	4	356	4	__unstitches
whipstitches	25	6	139	4	whipstitches

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	19	7.720	16164.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	8.142	21946.8